Guidelines for Authors
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1.General information
1.1. The Journal Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. Philology. Journalism is issued 4 times a year. It accepts for publication original (previously unpublished) scientific articles in the following disciplines:
- 5.9.1. Russian literature and literatures of the peoples of the Russian Federation (philological sciences),
- 5.9.2. World Literature (philological sciences),
- 5.9.5. The Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia (philological sciences),
- 5.9.6. Foreign Languages (Germanic and Romance languages) (philological sciences),
- 5.9.8. Theoretical, applied, comparative and contrastive linguistics (philological sciences),
- 5.9.9. Media communications and journalism (philological sciences).
Materials for the sections Issues of the higher school, Criticism and bibliography, Chronicles of scientific life are also accepted for publication.
1.2. The relationships between the Editorial board, reviewers and authors are regulated by the publishing ethics of the Journal Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. The authors are responsible for the accuracy of all data presented and are obliged to promptly report the presence of a conflict of interest.
1.3. Only the manuscripts that have passed a technical review are considered for publication; they should meet the requirements of the volume of the text and abstract, the metadata should be correct, the footnotes and references should be formatted correctly (see Section 2).
Each manuscript is checked for plagiarism in the systems of text matching content Antiplagiat. VUZ. Citation (including self-citation) should not exceed 25%.
In case the submitted manuscript contains technical inaccuracies, the author should correct them within one month and upload the article on the website of the Journal again. Failure to do so will result in the manuscript being rejected without further notice.
1.4. After the technical review all manuscripts are subject to review (see Peer review procedure) and in the case of a favourable review they are scientifically proofread and edit-checked.
If the review indicates the necessity to edit the article, it is sent to the author to be corrected. The edited manuscript and the author’s note with the explications of the changes introduced in the paper (in a separate file) should be uploaded on the website within one month. Upon the receipt of the edited manuscript, the text has a follow-up review. In case of a positive decision the manuscript is published on a first come first served basis. The date when the finalized version of the article arrives is considered the date of article submission. In case of a negative review the manuscript undergoes additional expert review; upon its results the author is sent a substantiated decision about the rejection of the manuscript.
1.5. Materials inconsistent with the subject matter of the Journal, containing improper referencing, those with a negative review, are rejected without the option to correct the paper.
1.6. The period of considering the manuscript for publication is 3 months. The manuscript is published within 360 days.
1.7. After the article has been approved for publication, the author fills out a set of documents required for the publication:
1. A filled-in and signed License Agreement with the author authorizing the use of the scientific paper.
2. A filled-in and signed Consent to Personal Data Processing (only for the authors affiliated with the organisations in Russia).
3. An Expert Report on the possibility of an open access publication of the manuscript, completed by an expert committee at the author’s place of work and authenticated with the stamp (only for the authors affiliated with the organisations in Russia).
The author uploads the License Agreement in PDF format in their personal account on the website of the Journal; the author also sends 1 set of the original of the License Agreement by mail to the postal address of the Editorial Board of the Journal: 410012, Saratov, Astrakhanskaya St., 83, Institute of Philology and Journalism, Editorial Board.
The manuscripts will only be accepted for publication if the whole set of documents has been submitted.
1.8. The License Agreement confirms that the right holder is the author of the article, who is vested in the following rights without restrictions:
– the exclusive right of the paper;
– the right of authorship;
– the right of attribution;
– the right to the inviolability of the paper;
– the right to publish the paper.
1.9. The author grants their consent to their personal data processing to Saratov State University (SSU), located at: 83 Astrakhanskaya St., Saratov 410012, in compliance with Part 1 of Article 9 of the Federal Law FZ-152 “On personal data” of July 27, 2006.
1.10. The Expert Report on the possibility of an open access publication of the manuscript confirms that:
– the use of the material will not cause a premature public exposure of information that could be regarded as inventions or discoveries;
– the paper does not contain classified information or other confidential materials;
– the permission of the Ministry of Education and Science is not required in order to publish the material.
1.11. The Journal does not publish the articles of the students (studying for the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree). Joint authorship is permissible only if the other scientist has made a significant and obvious contribution to the article. Scientific supervisors and advisors cannot be co-authors.
1.12. Upon publication the issue of the journal is uploaded on the website: http://bonjour.sgu.ru in the Russian and international databases.
1.13. The work of the author (personal data subject) is included in the archive after the publication of the next issue of the periodical. The storage, arrangement, registration and use of archived issues, containing personal data is carried out in accordance with Part 2, paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Federal Law FZ-152 “On personal data” of July 27, 2006 in conformity with the legislation on archiving.
1.14. Digital archiving and data storage policy
Data storage policy addresses the selection, long-term storage and providing access to the Journal archives. The information on all the materials published in the Journal including the full-text articles in PDF format is stored:
– on the server of the journal in the “Archive” section;
– on the platform of the Scientific Electronic Library eLIBRARY.ru where an advanced search of the Journal articles can be carried out (by key words, author, title, section);
– in Cyberleninka system;
– in the EBSCO Publishing in the EBSCOhost™ databases.
The authors are allowed to archive the preprints and postprints of their papers. The authors have the right to publish their paper on the Internet (for example, in the storage of their organization or on their personal website) upon publication.
1.15. Manuscripts are published free of charge. Author's copies and certificates on pending publications are not available.
2. Manuscript style requirements
2.1. The file should be titled by the author’s surname and the initial of the name with the speciality number of the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles (Ivanov_A._5.9.1).
2.2. The manuscript’s sections include: metadata (information about the author, abstract, keywords – in both Russian and English), main text, list of references.
2.3. The article length is between 25000–40000 characters with spaces, including the metadata and the list of references. For reviews and material in the section Chronicles of scientific life – 15000–20000 characters with spaces.
2.4. Formatting
– file in docx / doc;
– Times New Roman;
– 14 points;
– book-oriented;
– full justification;
– single-spaced;
– margins: left – 3 cm, right – 1,5 cm, upper – 2,5 cm, lower – 2,5 cm;
– indention – 1,25 cm;
– pages not numbered.
2.5. Metadata (font size 12; for articles in Russian, first given in Russian, then in English; in English articles in reverse order).
– article title (in Russian –14 pt, bold font; in English –12 pt);
– author’s initials and surname (bold, hard-spaced);
– job affiliation with the full address of the institution;
– personal information (in Russian – surname, first name and patronymic in full, academic degree, position, department, personal e-mail, ORCID number. In English – first name in full, patronymic initial, surname, personal e-mail, ORCID number);
– abstract – 200–250 words on the aims and conclusions reached;
– keywords – 5–15;
– acknowledgements – name the supporting grants, if any.
2.6. Article structure
The article should clearly reflect the purpose of the study, contain an overview of the work on the scientific problem under consideration, include logically interconnected semantic blocks and conclusions.
2.7. Reference style
All references should be within the text in square brackets, first – source number as given in the References section, next – page number, separated by comma. If the source has more than one volume, the volume number comes before the page number, e.g.: [1, с. 56], [2, vоl. 1, p. 38], [17, т. 2, с. 370–371]. Each quotation should be referenced up to page number.
If necessary, short footnotes can be provided, inserted automatically, continuously numbered.
2.8. References
The recommended volume of the bibliography is 15–25 titles. It should reflect key works on the problem under consideration, including articles in scientific journals in the last 5 years. The reference list is arranged in the order of the sources/research papers referenced (cited) in the text of the article. Citing the author’s works is possible if they are justified.
List of references follows the main text, font – 12 points, automatically numbered. Authors’ surnames and initials in the list are italicized. For printed books the title, place, publishers, year of publication, total number of pages, number of volumes (for multi-volume editions) are specified. For journal articles the journal title, year, number, article pages, DOI (if applicable) are specified. References to Internet sources include http and access date.
2.9. Style
The text should be thoroughly proofread and formatted according to the journal’s requirements.
Dash (–) and hyphen (-) should be used correctly, standard quotes (« ») and inverted commas (“ ”) should be used for titles within the quotations; years and centuries in dates should be abbreviated to “y.” and “c.”; people’s initials and surnames, as well as date and year/century abbreviations should be hard-spaced (А. С. Пушкин), (ХХ в.; 1812 г.).
Tables and figures should be numbered in Arabic and should have captions. Tables and figures should be referenced in the main text.
2.10. Russian article and reference list formatting.
2.11. English article and reference list formatting.
3. Applying to submit a manuscript for publication
3.1. An application to publish a manuscript should be submitted via the website of the Journal.
3.2. The author submitting a manuscript for the first time should register in the system using the button “Register”.
The author with previous publications in the Journal should log in to the website with the help of their username and password, or use the button “Request access to an account”. If the password is lost, one should tap on “Request new password”. A link to restore the password will be sent to the email specified by the author during registration.
3.3. To submit a manuscript for publication the author should use the button “Submit article” (on the right).
3.4. All the stages of manuscript processing are indicated in the author’s account (see “Manuscript status”).
3.5. The authors should contact support service if they encounter any technical difficulties: support-journals@sgu.ru